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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"coaching style"”.
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Coaching Style Preferences of Division I College and Professional Softball Players
<p>The purpose of this study was to describe the coaching style and leader behavior preferences of softball players. The Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS; Chelladurai & Saleh, 1980) was administered to Division I college softball players and professional softball players from the National …
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Coaching Styles and the Basic Psychological Need Fulfillment of College Athletes
… study was to determine to what extent a coach’s coaching style is associated with the athlete’s basic psychological needs fulfillment of autonomy, competence and relatedness. A survey was distributed to 204 varsity student-athletes at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo representing 13 teams. The data were …
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The final hour: coach-athlete interactions immediately prior to performance in basketball
… have highlighted that coaches and the coaching processes/practices that they adopt are influential in constructing a performance environment that could aid or hinder athletes preparing for and performing in competition (Côté & Sedgwick, 2003). In particular, coach-athlete interactions …
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Every voice matters: developing learning through collaborative observation within the collegial and dialogic culture of a learning organisation in the primary school
… the research concludes that a developmental, coaching style lesson observation in which a pupil is involved is a mechanism that has the potential to develop learning as a shared responsibility. This is because it places pupil and teacher voice in the same arena, one that has traditionally been …
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Factors That Influence Student-Athlete Academic Major Selection
… For athletic coaches, themes included Balanced Coaching for both Sport and Academic Success, Coach Prioritizes Sports Success, and Coaches’ Influence on Time Management. For student-athlete identity themes included Time Dedication Based on Identity, Athletic Success as a Priority, Academic …
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An exploration of the methods used by external coaches when coaching IT professionals
… use an alternative method to their norm when coaching IT professionals? The aim of this research was to explore whether executive coaches work differently with clients who are IT professionals than with clients from other disciplines. The word ‘method’ in the research question describes how …
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From Warriors to Wingtips: The Leadership Transition of Retired Officers into the Public Sector
… practices include using a contingency leadership style, firm discipline, a controlled environment, straightforward communications, training and development, values, camaraderie building, a command presence, standard operating procedures and centrally-mandated change. Retired officers needed to …
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Executive Coaching: A Cohesive Conceptual Model and the Qualitative Investigation of Executive Coaching Styles
<p>Executive coaching is a field in search of a conceptual model to tie together disparate studies and theories. While several decades of research validate ‘that’ coaching works (Athanasopoulou & Dopson, 2018), it’s been unclear is to ‘how’ coaching works. For over two decades, the field has been …
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Coaches’ use of directive and non-directive conversational approaches and implications for entrepreneurs’ development
… that explores what happens during a dyadic coaching session. In previous decades, entrepreneurship research has focused on forming and applying entrepreneurial activity. What is less researched is how entrepreneurs are engaged and supported in their development to achieve these objectives. …